by our reporter dec , by richa kharshandi it is unfair that women get all the tips to doll up this festive season. christmas comes once a... whole new planet public dec , the world of fungi is exquisite, vast and largely unknown to many people. there are around - million species but......
stereum gausapatum (mushroomexpert.com) major groups > crust fungi > stereum gausapatum stereum gausapatum [ basidiomycota > russulales > stereaceae > stereum . . . ] by michael kuo for those who think "stereum" (off-) rhymes with "tedium" for a reason, stereum gausapatum may be the exception. yes, it...
thelephora cuticularis (mushroomexpert.com) major groups > crust fungi > thelephora cuticularis thelephora cuticularis [ basidiomycota > thelephorales > thelephoraceae > thelephora ... ] by michael kuo thelephora cuticularis looks and acts more like a species of stereum (see for example stereum ostrea...
wolfina aurantiopsis (mushroomexpert.com) major groups > cup fungi > wolfina aurantiopsis wolfina aurantiopsis [ ascomycota > pezizales > chorioactidaceae > wolfina ... ] by michael kuo this interesting cup fungus is found from connecticut to ohio and florida, but it is not often collected. on first...
gregariously, often on trees that were killed by fire, insects, or other causes in the previous year; summer and fall (and winter in coastal california); widely distributed in north america; causing a soft, grayish brown rot in the outer few centimeters of the sapwood; apparently among the first wood-rotting fungi...
gyromitra perlata (mushroomexpert.com) major groups > cup fungi > gyromitra perlata gyromitra perlata [ ascomycetes > pezizales > discinaceae > gyromitra . . . ] by michael kuo gyromitra perlata (also known as discina perlata) can be separated from similar cup-shaped species in the genus by a combination...
ionomidotis irregularis (mushroomexpert.com) major groups > cup fungi > ionomidotis irregularis ionomidotis irregularis [ ascomycota > helotiales > helotiaceae > ionomidotis ... ] by michael kuo distinctive but not often collected, this cup fungus grows on the deadwood of hardwoods across northern north...
kretzschmaria deusta (mushroomexpert.com) major groups > crust fungi > kretzschmaria deusta kretzschmaria deusta [ ascomycota > sordariomycetes > xylariales > xylariaceae > kretzschmaria . . . ] by michael kuo in spring, in the midwest and eastern north america, kretzschmaria deusta forms gray patches...
when young; and large, partially reticulate spores. lactarius olympianus is reminiscent of several other species in the "lactarius zonarius" group, including the eastern, hardwood-associated lactarius psammicola and the european species lactarius zonarioides. thanks to the sam mitchel herbarium of fungi...
pachyella clypeata (mushroomexpert.com) major groups > cup fungi > pachyella clypeata pachyella clypeata [ ascomycetes > pezizales > pezizaceae > pachyella . . . ] by michael kuo in the wide, field-guide-ish sense, pachyella clypeata is a small brown cup fungus that can be recognized by its growth on...